Richard D. Oram è uno storico scozzese specializzato in storia medievale e ambientale. Il suo lavoro approfondisce la relazione storica tra le persone e il paesaggio, in particolare in Irlanda e Scozia. Oram cerca di illuminare come i fattori ambientali abbiano plasmato eventi e società storiche, esplorando al contempo come le attività umane abbiano influenzato il mondo naturale nel corso dei secoli. La sua ricerca contribuisce a una comprensione più profonda dell'interazione complessa tra umanità e natura in contesti storici.
The craze for photography ripped through Scotland like a whirlwind following its invention in 1839. This book is the story of the rural and urban poor, and the Clearances that drove people from the land to seek work in the cities or new hope in emigration to the New World.
Viking Empires, first published in 2005, is a definitive global history of the Viking World. Viking Empires is a definitive history of the Viking World and the first study of the global implications of its expansion, integration, and reorientation. From the first contact in the 790s the book traces the political, military, social, cultural and religious history of the Viking Age from Iceland to Lithuania. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Viking raiders, Scandinavian Kingdoms and the wider world; 2. The Beginnings; 3. First contact: England and the continent; 4. Ireland and Scotland; 5. A Water World; 6. Conquest and integration, c. 950-1260; 7. The second Viking age in England, c. 970-1066; 8. The Irish Sea; 9. Scotland and the Vikings; 10. Orkney and Shetland; 11. Crossing the North Atlantic; 12. Sailing the North Atlantic; 13. Scandinavia and European integration: reform and rebirth; 14. Conclusion.